Seite 27 By the genuine returns on the 8th of December, it appears, that the infantry then
serving under Greene were, jank andv file, present and fit for duty 1482, and on
command 547, in all 2029; of these 821 were continentals, and 1208 militia.

Seite 30 ... the line to 300 infantry under lieut. col. Howard, 170 Virginia riflemen under
major Triplett, and about 70 light dragoons under lieut. col. Washington. The light
troops were detached to the westward of the Wateree into South Carolina, to
watch ...

Seite 32 Lee's partizan legion arrived from the northward. The corps consisted of about
one hundred horsemen well mounted, and one hundred and twenty infantry. On
the 13th the legion was detached on a secret expedition. To take off the attention
of ...

Seite 33 Tarleton ; who was detached with the light and legion infantry, the fusileers, the
first battalion of the 71st regiment, about 350 cavalry, two field pieces, and an
adequate proportion of men from the royal artillery, upward of a 1 100 in the
whole.

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Seite 361 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...

Seite 365 - ... or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.

Seite 362 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.

Seite 419 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...

Seite 362 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...

Seite 384 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.

Seite 444 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...

Seite 361 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...

Seite 444 - ... or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...